Voices

Joseph Peschel is a freelance writer and critic in South Dakota. He blogs at josephpeschel.com/HaveWords.
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Lauren Groff's new novel inverts Defoe’s "Robinson Crusoe" by casting a girl—and only briefly, much later on in the novel, the woman—as its heroine.
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In 'Such Kindness,' Andre Dubus III tells a powerful story full of sorrow and hope.
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In his latest novel, Julian Barnes returns to his strategy of merging history, fiction and memoir to pay tribute to a beloved teacher.
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In his new 10-story collection, Roddy Doyle tells stories of catastrophes—unemployment, a deadly storm and Covid-19—and their socioeconomic and psychological fallout on Irish families.
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Galileo's struggles with ignorant authorities have eerie parallels in our own age.